ordinary share
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of ordinary share
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile, earnings per ordinary share are expected to range from a decline of 2.6% to an increase of 6.4%.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026
I admired, more than I enjoyed, this folk-horror fable set in the lush rural landscapes of 19th-century Macedonia, where the supernatural and the ordinary share a fraught coexistence.
From New York Times • Jul. 22, 2022
Since then, it has restored payouts but the consensus estimate of a 2022 payout of 28 cents per ordinary share falls short of its historical payouts.
From Reuters • Jul. 15, 2022
It also said it would increase its first quarter 2013 dividend to $0.45 per ordinary share, up 5% from last year.
From BBC • May 2, 2013
It was true that many of the priests were disposed to the wildest theories of democracy,—they were men of more than ordinary capacity, with far less than the ordinary share of worldly advantages.
From The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Lever, Charles James
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